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If you want to be as decorated an athlete as soccer star Christen Press, you are going to have to work very hard. Adidas Superstar Australia Sale . But she does get her dose of fun during workouts.We did this thing called Animal Flow. And its sort of like a stability dance routine where youre on all fours, and you go from one animal position to the next. So youll do like a spider, and then go into a cobra. Its similar to yoga, says Press, who was a part of the 2015 U.S champion FIFA Womens World Cup team.She took a break from training for the Rio Olympics and spoke in-depth with ESPN The Magazine for its 2016 Body Issue?about some of her non-animal related workouts that she credits with sculpting her body.Shots, shots, shotsPress mom never played soccer, but she did everything she could to help her daughter train. When she was younger, her mom got a Pelé instructional video. In the video, Pelé lined balls up and practiced shooting on-goal. Press mimicked the video and took hundreds of shots every day. To this day, shooting is one of her favorite exercises.For the love of yogaOutside of soccer, Press favorite exercise is yoga. She self-practices yoga every day and takes a class once or twice a week.Extra trainingNo matter where she is, Press has always found the opportunity to practice her skills.For me it was showing up an hour early to practice, even at 8 years old, just to play with the older team, or to just dribble around or juggle. It was sitting on the sidelines while my sister was playing with the ball at my feet trying to do what they were doing.Press has always known the benefit of going the extra mile in her training thanks to her parents.Avoiding injuryPress has been fortunate enough to avoid injuries during her career and she says that is because of her workouts.I havent had many injuries and I know thats because I take care of my body and I do the things that I need to do to keep it strong. And Im very grateful for the way that I feel when I play. I feel very powerful. I feel fast. I feel unstoppable and thats because of my body.Focus on the gameShe says she filters negative thoughts out of her mind during games and focuses on each play at a time.I find the ball and I think, Wheres the ball going, and where do I need to go? It just puts me back in the game, and its the simplest thing, but its become sort of like my soccer mantra. I simply use the ball as my focus point and move back into position and the distracting thoughts disappear, and Im right back in the game.This summer, espnW is running stories, essays and letters on body image as part of a series called Love, My Body. Read more from the series ? Adidas Superstar Shoes Australia . Its 1987 and a Brazilian playmaker, known as Mirandinha, is being paraded around St James Park to the passionate Newcastle fans. Adidas Superstar Clearance Sale . But the quarterback hopes to stay involved in football after officially calling it quits Tuesday. "Id love to look at those opportunities as they arise," Pierce said in an interview from his Winnipeg eatery. http://www.superstaraustraliacheap.com/ . PETERSBURG, Fla. HOUSTON -- The Houston Texans have activated defensive end J.J. Watt (back) and left tackle Duane Brown (quadriceps) from the physically unable to perform list, meaning they are eligible to play in the Sept. 11 season opener against the Chicago Bears.Head coach Bill OBrien said Friday that it looks decent that Watt could return for Week 1. On Friday, OBrien said he did not have an update on Brown.If the Texans had put either player on the regular-season PUP list, he would have had to miss at least six weeks of practice beforre returning to the field. Adidas Superstar Online Australia. Neither player participated in training camp or played in any of the Texans preseason games.Watt has been on the preseason PUP list since he had surgery on a herniated disk in his back in late July. Watt has never missed a game in his five-year NFL career.Brown tore his quadriceps last year in the Texans regular-season finale against the Jacksonville Jaguars. ' ' '